The 8th EWC International Graduate Student Conference
P R O G R A M [ Tentative version as of 1/26/09]
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Registration
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Opening Ceremony
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Conference Report
Carl Polley & Neneng Rosmy
Conference Co-Chairs
Welcoming Addresses
Dr. Terance Bigalke
Director of Education, East-WestCenter
Dr. Charles Morrison
President, East-WestCenter
Keynote Address: “Twilight of Globalization? A View from the Asia Pacific”
Dr. Marcus Noland
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Reception
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Wailana Room, Garden Level
Friday, February 13, 2009
Parallel Session 1
8:30 am - 9:55 am
1.1 Formation of the State in Asia
1.2 Natural Resource Management
1.3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization
1.4 Language Use in the Family
1.5 Investment Issues in the Asia Pacific
Break
9:55 am – 10:10 am
Parallel Session 2
10:10 am - 12:15 pm
2.1 Cross-Border Interactions in Civil Society
2.2 Disaster in the Public Eye
2.3 Commodification of Culture: Top Down / Bottom Up
2.4 Propaganda & Iconoclasts in China
2.5 Development of Civil Society in Asia
Lunch
Wailana Room, Garden Level
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Poster Session
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Parallel Session 3
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm
3.1 High School & University Education in Developing Countries
3.2 Energy Security & Climate Change
3.3 Inequality in Education
3.4 Soft Power in East Asia
3.5 Environmental Issues
Break
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Parallel Session 4
3:30 pm - 5:45 pm
4.1 Manmade Landscapes & Historical Artifacts
4.2 Ethnic Groups: Identification, Recognition, Struggle
4.3 Health Care in the Asia Pacific
4.4 Regional Economic Cooperation
4.5 Tremors of Change: Indigenous People & Modernization
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Parallel Session 5
8:30 am - 9:55 am
5.1 Linguistics
5.2 Bilateral Trade Relations
5.3 The Dynamics of Rural & Urban Development I
5.4 Sexuality Gender Equity
5.5 Representation & Misrepresentation in Cross-Cultural Settings
Break
9:55 am – 10:10 am
Parallel Session 6
10:10 am - 12:15 pm
6.1 Representations of Cultural Heritage & Resources
6.2 The Microeconomics of Migration
6.3 The Dynamics of Rural & Urban Development II
6.4 Northeast Asia Security Issues
6.5 The Role of NGOs in Asia and the Pacific
Lunch
Wailana Room, Garden Level
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Parallel Session 7
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm
7.1 Dispute Resolution & Peacekeeping: Defining the Mission I
7.2 Oral Histories & Cultural Heritage
7.3 Power and Vulnerability of Emerging Economies
7.4 Contested National Narratives
7.5 Governance in South Korea Following the 1997 Fiscal Crisis
Break
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Parallel Session 8
3:30 pm - 5:45 pm
8.1 Dispute Resolution & Peacekeeping: Defining the Mission II
8.2 Civil Advocacy & Ethnic Identity
8.3 Religious Images & Symbols
8.4 Chinese Culture: Then & Now
1.1Formation of the State in Asia
Friday, Feb 13, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Pago Pago Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Moheet, Amir A. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
What Isn’t a Hybrid? Iran in Perspective
Baral, Sijan Raj. KentStateUniversity (USA)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the Role of Leadership in the Making of the Federal Democratic Republicof Nepal
Jin, Xuan. SOAS, University of London (UK)
The Journey East: The Historical Development of Chinese Constitutionalism and Its Impacts on the Reform Era
Au, Brandy. University of Southern California (USA)
International Forces and Contemporary Nationalism in China
1.2Natural Resource Management
Friday, Feb 13, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Kaniela Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Nagaraj, Vandana. University of California, Davis (USA)
Tree Rights and Porous Borders: The Case of Timber Smuggling in the Western Ghats
Lodhi, Abdul Salam. University of Bonn (Germany)
Agricultural Water Use and Decision Making Analysis: A Comparative Study of Low and High Delta Crops from Quetta District, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Bundhuwong, Chalita. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Political Ecology of Peat Swamp Forest Management in Thailand’s Malay Muslim Southernmost Area
Geslani, Cheryl. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Uncovering Latent Class Evaluation of Tricholoma matsutake Harvesters’ Livelihood Preferences in YunnanProvince, People’s Republic of China
1.3Local Power in an Era of Globalization
Friday, Feb 13, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Sarimanok Room
Moderator: Scott Macleod, Senior Education Specialist, EWC
Noh, Gowoon. University of California, Davis (USA)
Imagining Global Cities: Transformation of Local into Global in Post-Socialist China
Andre, Virginie. Monash Univeristy (Australia)
Political Violence in Southern Thailand: Towards A Cosmic War?
Overaa, Roderick B. University of Washington (USA)
Cultural Imperialism and Transnational Coercive Mimeticism in Ha Jin’s “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town"
Pandit, Sujay. New YorkUniversity (USA)
The Ringing Ear: Performing In/Difference, Alterity and Eavesdropping in an IndianCallCenter
1.4 Language Use in the Family
Friday, Feb 13, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Washington Room
Moderator: Mary Hammond, Dean of Education, EWC
Dumanig, Francisco Perlas. UCSIUniversity (Malaysia)
Language Choice in Interracial Marriages: The Case of Filipino-Malaysian Couples
Ho, Vu Le. GeorgetownUniversity (USA)
Gender-Language Perspectives from Matrilineal Societies: A Case Study of Indonesian Minangkabau
Yoshida, Hiromi. WasedaUniversity (Japan)
Through the War and Tsunamis: Language Maintenance of Japanese Americans
1.5Investment Issues in the Asia Pacific
Friday, Feb 13, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Kamehameha Room
Moderator: Bob Retherford, Senior Fellow, EWC
Doan, Hong Quan. InternationalUniversity of Japan (Japan)
Investigation of Foreign Investors’ Reactions in the Vietnamese Stock Market in the Recent Global Financial Crisis and Lessons Learned for Investment in Emerging Markets
Ly, Kosal. WasedaUniversity (Japan)
Investor Relations and Cost of Equity Capital: Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Guo, Lei. University of Minnesota (USA)
Why do Older People Quit the Stock Market?
Zhang, Hao. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Health Investment over the Life Cycle
2.1 Cross-Border Interactions in Civil Society
Friday, Feb 13, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Pago Pago Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Ramsay, Deanna Michelle. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Stories that Really Happened: The Writings of the Chinese of Java at the Turn of the Century
Wong, Yatyu. The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong (China)
Disappointed Pursuits and Satisfactory Adventures: Chinese Students in Japan and Japanese Students in China
Ling, Christine Hiu Yan. The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong (China)
Building Boundaries at the Border: Hong Kong and Shenzhen People and Their Interactions
Kim, Yoon-young. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Making National Subjects: North Korean Immigrants’ Adaptation in South Korea
2.2 Disaster in the Public Eye
Friday, Feb 13, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Kaniela Room
Moderator: Allen Clark, Senior Fellow, EWCr
Bernadas, Jan.University of the Philippines (Philippines)
Helping Hands, Transforming Lives: Understanding the Role of Communication Campaigns in Coping with Complex Emergencies
Hur, Joon-Young. Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Conceptualization of Governance by the example of the Oil Spill at Taean in South Korea
Mohsin, YuliantoS.CornellUniversity (USA)
Muddy Waters: Sidoarjo’s Mud Volcano and the Contested Knowledge Production
Faizi, FuadGadjahMadaUniversity (Indonesia)
The Flood,Responses and Security of Post-Disaster Muslim Community of Jember, East Java Indonesia: An Assessment for Local Sustainability
Nago, Asami, University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA)
The Political Economy of the Transmission of Vector-Borne Diseases in the Philippines
2.3 Commodification of Culture: Top Down / Bottom Up
Friday, Feb 13, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Sarimanok Room
Moderator: Nick Barker, Leadership Education Coordinator, EWC
Chen, Chien-Yuan. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
In Memory of Whom? Issues on Absence of Collective Memory in Contemporary Taiwan
Mishra, Swati. BanarasHinduUniversity (India)
State and Society in Contemporary China: Intellectuals’ Status and Role in Chinese Society
Dizon, Hazel Mercado. University of the Philippines (Philippines)
Houses for Rent, Culture for Sale: Stilt Houses as Commodities in Southeast Asian Tourism
Aida, Sayaha. University of San Francisco (USA)
Diversity in Japan: Street Dance Culture in Contemporary Japan
2.4 Propaganda & Iconoclasts in China
Friday, Feb 13, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Washington Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Gilliam, Ronald Jackson. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Dancing for the Masses: Gender, Sexuality, and Politics of the Yangbanxi ballets
Liu, Gary. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
The Making of Unofficial Space: 1989 and the Definition of a Chinese Vanguard
Klimaki, Sylvia Vasiliki. HarvardUniversity (USA)
Chinese Cyberspace: A Venue of Spying and Moneymaking
Kardon, Isaac B. University of Oxford (UK)
China’s Tibet, China’s Image
2.5 Development of Civil Society in Asia
Friday, Feb 13, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Kamehameha Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Nguyen, Hoang The. ESCP-EAP, Paris (France)
Political Connections, Corruption and the Allocation of Government Expenditures
Bui, Hong Thi Thuy. CornellUniversity (USA)
Survivors of Imagined Modernization: the Life of Post-Slum Dwellers in Contemporary Vietnam
Wafiroh, Nihayatul. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
The Negotiation for Educational Systems in Darussalam Pesantren Blokagung, Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia
Seng, Sophan. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Governance and Cultural Resource Management, World Cultural Heritage Sites and the Livelihood of Communities: Case Study of AngkorPark's World Cultural Heritage
Poster Session
Friday, Feb 13, 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Wailana Room
Ueda, Teruko. RikkyoUniversity (Japan)
Interactional Analysis of Characteristics of Laughter in Doctor-Patient Communication
3.1 High School & University Education in Developing Countries
Friday, Feb 13, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Pago Pago Room
Moderator: Namji Steinemann, Director of AsiaPacificEd Program, EWC
Valencia, Marshall Nazario. De La Salle University (Philippines)
Anatomy of Scientific Productivity in a Developing Country: The Case of The Philippines
Meister, Kelly Nicole. University of California, Riverside (USA)
Enemies and Experts: Mixed Perceptions of the Burmese in Thailand as Exemplified by the Abhidhamma-JotikaCollege
Pham, Huy Quang. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
The Stages of Teacher Performance Evaluation: Defining and Improving the Procedure at Upper Secondary Public Schools, Vietnam
La, Thuy. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Making educational and career choices: The case of Vietnamese senior high school students
3.2 Energy Security & Climate Change
Friday, Feb 13, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Kaniela Room
Moderator: ZhongXiang Zhang, Senior Fellow, EWC
Shulenberger, Damon Arvid. Monterey Institute of International Studies (USA)
Japan and China`s joint future in Dimethyl Ether (DME): promoting bilateral trade while mitigating the negative environmental impacts of coal-to-liquids (CTL) derived DME as a petroleum alternative fuel for China
Kvochko, Elena A. University of Massachusetts (USA)
Energy Security Challenges and Perspectives in the Region of Central Asia
Glenn, Scott Joseph. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
A Framework for Addressing Climate Change Adaptation in Hawaii
3.3 Inequality in Education
Friday, Feb 13, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Sarimanok Room
Moderator: Gene Vricella, Scholarship Program Coordinator, EWC
Kagehira, Yoshifumi. OsakaUniversity (Japan)
A Look on Education in Afghanistan’s Rural Communities: Why are a number of girls still out of School?
Matsuoka, Ryoji. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Japan: How Shadow Education Functions among High School Freshmen Using PISA 2006
Wang, Xiaoxiao. PekingUniversity (China)
Study on the expenditures for basic education under educational fiscal decentralization in China since the 1990s
3.4 Soft Power in East Asia
Friday, Feb 13, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Washington Room
Moderator:Charles Morrison, President, EWC
Ayhan, Kadir. SeoulNationalUniversity (South Korea)
China’s Soft Power in Southeast Asia and Its Implications for East Asian Regionalization
Chalermpuntusak, Wararak. Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (Thailand)
Japan’s Reactionary Active International Role: Facilitating-cum-Transplanting the Concept of Community Building in Asia Pacific
Li, Yang. TsinghuaUniversity (China)
An Analysis of China’s Position in International Environmental Negotiations
Dolinskiy, AlexeyV.TuftsUniversity (USA)
Japan’s public diplomacy and soft power
3.5 Environmental Issues
Friday, Feb 13, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Kamehameha Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Naz, Farhat. University of Bonn (Germany)
Redefining the Sacredness and Profaneness of Water: A Case Study of Gujarat, India
Moata, Melinda. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
The Response of Cabbage in a Native Plant (heteropogon contortus) Living Mulch
Manginsela, Elsje Pauline. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Climate Change, Forest, and Gender: Local Environmental Knowledge in AmprengVillage, Langowan Barat, Minahasa, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
Nguyen, Hao Thien. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Urbanization of Water and Household’s Strategies for Securing Water in Peri-Urban Areas: Case Studies of Can Tho and Ha Noi City in Vietnam
4.1 Manmade Landscapes & Historical Artifacts
Friday, Feb 13, 3:30 pm - 5:45 pm, Pago Pago Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Lee, HuiLin.University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Residue Analysis on Pottery: A Case Study at Saqacengalj, an Abandoned Paiwan Settlement in South Tip of Taiwan
Mueller, Doreen. SOAS, University of London (UK)
Documentary Painting of the Late Edo Period as Myth: The Tenpō Era Famine (1833-39) Handscrolls by Tanaka Yubi (1839-1933)
Chang, Cara Mayumi. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa(USA)
Orality and Literacy at Kukaniloko
Hitchcock, Cary Brand. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Enacting significance through social drama and royal procession: Describing the Rath Yatra for Jagannath
Nguyen, Thao Chong. University of Hawai'i at Manoa (USA)
Vanishing ghosts: the spiritual ecology of sacred places and the landscape transformation of a rural village in Vietnam
4.2 Ethnic Groups: Identification, Recognition, Struggle
Friday, Feb 13, 3:30 pm - 5:45 pm, Kaniela Room
Moderator: Karen Knudsen, Director of External Affairs, EWC
Kadeer, Tursun. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Uyghur Diaspora in the West
Sharma, Bal.University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Spread of English, Language Policy, and Indigenous Languages in Nepal
Kang, Eunice Y. University of Southern California (USA)
North Korean “Refugees?” The Inadequacies of International Refugee Law
Malagodi, Mara. SOAS, University of London (UK)
Nepal’s Nationalistic Language Policy during the 1990 Constitutional Experience (1990-2007): Rationale and Impact on Identity Politics
Ukeda, Kyoko, RikkyoUniversity (Japan)
The Voyage of Hokule‘a – The “Fu-do” She Has Revived, Discovered and Woven
4.3 Health Care in the Asia Pacific
Friday, Feb 13, 3:30 pm - 5:45 pm, Sarimanok Room
Moderator: Minja Kim Choe, Senior Fellow, EWC
Buranruk, Orawan. KhonKaenUniversity (Thailand)
Thai Yoga Approach in Health Promotion of Wellbeing relating to Buddhism
Tejero, Lourdes Marie. University of the Philippines, Manila (Philippines)
Nurse-Patient Dyads: Delineation, Measurement, and Framework Validation in the Philippine Setting
Rahmawati. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Association between Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy and Risk on Delivering High-Risk Infants in Hawai’i
Tangtipongkul, Kaewkwan. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Income Elasticity of Demand for Outpatient and Inpatient Services: An Empirical Study in Thailand
Ng, Shu-Wen. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
Emerging economies & rising body mass: BMI, Physical Activity and Dietary changes among Adult Chinese since the 1990s
4.4 Regional Economic Cooperation
Friday, Feb 13, 3:30 pm - 5:45 pm, Washington Room
Moderator: Andrew Mason, Senior Fellow, EWC
Arlegue, Celito Felizardo. University of Philippines (Philippines)
Asean Charter Debate: Between Rhetoric and Reality
Chalermtiarana, Charosporn. WasedaUniversity (Japan)
Economic Integration: Relationship between trade and financial integration in ASEAN+3
Sharma, Puspa. University of Denver (USA)
The future of regional economic cooperation in South Asia
Kant, Sudarsan. University of Missouri, St. Louis (USA)
Regional Trade Agreements and the Case for the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA)
Rhee, Wonkyung. WasedaUniversity (Japan)
Semiconductor Production Networks and East Asian Economic Regionalism
4.5 Tremors of Change: Indigenous People & Modernization
Friday, Feb 13, 3:30 pm - 5:45 pm, Kamehameha Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Acabado, Stephen Bercasio. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Fact, Fiction, and Imagination: Implications of the Antiquity of the Ifugao Rice Terraces
Chen, Kuan-Hung.University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
A Critique of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): Knowledge, Authority, and the Modern Imagination of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Ru, Hung-Yu. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Social Inequalities and The Emergences of Hepatitis B and C in The Truku Society in Taiwan
Kuan, Da-Wei. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
People, River and the Place under Watershed Management: Modern Resource Discourses and Indigenous Testimonies
5.1 Linguistics
Saturday, Feb 14, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Pago Pago Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Nguyen, Dung Thi. Hawai'iPacificUniversity (USA)
Vietnamese-English Cross Comparison of Spatial Prepositions
Liu, Nian. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Implicit Priming Effects in Tonal Languages: Comparing the Effects of Segment, Tone and Orthography on Word Recall
Miyakoshi, Tomoko. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
On ESL learners’ performance of collocations and implications for teaching
Sato, Manami. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Did you break an egg or just see it? Verb and Gender differences affect the time course in constructing mental imagery
5.2 Bilateral Trade Relations
Saturday, Feb 14, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Kaniela Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Feng, Yuxian. TongjiUniversity (China)
Challenges and Solutions in Improving Supply Chain of Textile and Apparel Industry in China - A Case Study from GuangdongProvince
Knudson, Troy Keith. WasedaUniversity (Japan)
Problem Defining the US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: Perception of Chinese Manufacturing as a Cause
Lee, Hak Young. SeoulNationalUniversity (South Korea)
Successful Two-Level Games in FTA talks? A Comparative Analysis of Korea’s FTA talks with Chile and the US
Liu, Junjie. SeoulNationalUniversity (South Korea)
The political and economic interaction and development of the relation between China and the US
5.3 The Dynamics of Rural & Urban Development I
Saturday, Feb 14, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Sarimanok Room
Moderator: [To be confirmed]
Waugh, Christian Wood. Univeristy of Florida (USA)
Past as Prelude: Land Reforms and Property Rights in Japan and Taiwan
Pajaron, Marjorie Cinco. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
How Do Philippine Households Respond to Transitory Income Shocks?
Heak, Sreang. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Development of Digital Age in Rural Cambodia
Shrestha, Padmendra Prasad. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Collaboration for Smart Growth in Urban Honolulu
5.4 Sexuality & Gender Equity
Saturday, Feb 14, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Washington Room
Moderator: Subir Kole, Degree Fellow, EWC
Plaga, Esther. MindanaoStateUniversity, General Santos (Philippines)
Determinants of Women Occupations: a Static Group Comparison between Hospitality Girls and Housemaids
Wang, Guan. The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong (China)
The Concept of Virginity in Hong Kong
Vu, Linh Dam. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
The Suicide Epidemic among Women in Early-Twentieth-Century Vietnam and China: Perils in the Family
Lee, Jae Eun. EwhaWomansUniversity (South Korea)
Differential Impacts of SAPs (Structural Adjustment Programs) on Female Employment in Korea
5.5 Representation & Misrepresentation in Cross-Cultural Settings